"Hail and farewell": A tribute to those we lost in 2023

[William769]

"Sunday Morning" correspondent Lee Cowan remembers some of the newsworthy men and women who passed away this year – activists, musicians and storytellers who pushed boundaries, defied expectations, and inspired generations with their creativity and humanity.

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[hlthe2b]

1. Does it seem to anyone else that we lost proportionately so many more major figures this year?

I usually recognize and can appreciate the faces, names, & accomplishments of maybe a few dozen. This year I have to think I know more than 80% and the numbers seem staggering in all of these 'lists" and video tributes.

I guess we are just reaching that peak for a significant couple of generations and of course cancer, drug overdoses, automobile accidents, and suicide can affect those of any age. Sigh...

[Xavier Breath]

2. I felt that watching the list of actors that we lost

that someone had posted here. But the more I thought about it the more I convinced myself that I was likely thinking the same thing last year at this time. We're losing so much Boomer-aged talent these days, the people that I grew up watching, that maybe it is just resonating more.

[William769]

3. We did lose quite a few this year

It makes me wonder about myself now.

[Elessar Zappa]

4. I think it's that people we grew up with are dying.

I’m 40 so actors and musicians I grew up with are getting older.

[Bayard]

5. There are some getting pretty old,

That will hit me hard when they go. Example: Harrison Ford.